Almost every day, someone makes a choice.

Twenty years after the Xingqian Dynasty, more and more railways and steam ships sent people to various places, and the distance of space was constantly shortened under the effect of trains and steam ships.

For Zhu Mingzhong, as the emperor, railways and ships allow him to travel around from time to time, from Zhongdu to Haizhou, from Haizhou to Shanghai, it is the change of transportation that makes his life not like the emperors of previous dynasties, mostly confined to a small palace.

Unlike the emperor in the old days, when he traveled, he needed to set up a palace, and now Zhu Mingzhong lives in a hotel when he travels, as a city with developed industry and commerce, Shanghai also has extremely luxurious hotels, and for the emperor, staying in the suite of the Oriental Hotel in Shanghai, not only did he not feel the slightest inconvenience, but enjoyed all this.

Compared with staying in the palace, Zhu Mingzhong prefers to go on patrol, especially in micro-clothes, although he has never encountered unjust cases when he goes out on patrol like in the pigtail drama of later generations, and then redresses the grievances of the people, revealing the emperor's prestige. But it can also give him access to the people, and compared to others, maybe this is what matters.

"Your Majesty, if the imperial court really stops subsidizing Nanyang immigrants, I'm afraid the people will complain, after all, southerners tend to immigrate to Nanyang."

As the emperor's concubine, Concubine Li, who was only twenty years old, was four years old in the palace, and was Jieyu in the palace at the beginning, and was named Concubine Li after the emperor's favor two years ago. Although Da Ming was very taboo about the harem, after accompanying His Majesty back from the docks, she couldn't help but say her opinion.

"Well, that's true, whether it's North America or New Summer, it's more suitable for growing wheat, and Nanyang is suitable for growing rice, and the people in the south are undoubtedly more suitable for them to live there, but they can't ignore North America and New Summer because it's suitable for them......"

Thinking of seeing on the dock that there were few responders to immigrants to Xinjiang, Zhu Mingzhong shook his head and said.

"Now the Han people in Nanyang Zhuxia have exceeded 10 million, compared with Nanyang, the land of North America and Xinxia is more vast, but the immigrants are only hundreds of thousands, and the population of our New York colony is not even catching up with the British, so the North American colony still needs to be developed!"

"Your Majesty, but the problem is that the people don't want to, after all, it's too far away?"

"Therefore, Yan Fangwei's suggestion is feasible, the imperial court needs to adjust the immigration subsidy, although the Nanyang Zhuxia immigration subsidy is the least, but in terms of long-term development, North America and Xinxia need immigrants from the Ming Dynasty, as for Nanyang, there are currently tens of millions of Han people in Nanyang, as for the naturalized native people, there are already tens of millions of naturalized people, although there are millions of barbarians, but it is also a matter of time before they become naturalized into the Han Dynasty, Nanyang Zhuxia will have another two hundred years, it will be no different from the Ming mainland, at this stage the immigration has decreased, Zhuxia can strengthen education!"

"Strengthen education? What does Your Majesty mean by letting Zhuxia use force to force the naturalization of the natives? ”

For a long time, there have been many controversies in the interior of the country about the indoctrination of the natives, and perhaps the most criticized is that the indoctrination of the natives is often plundered as slaves, forcing them to abandon their own habits and customs and completely follow the Han customs.

Zhu Mingzhong did not deny this, but nodded quietly.

"Zhuxia has its own particularity, this is a forced choice, to make more with less, some things are inevitable!"

"Less is more, and it really needs to be strict."

Seeing that His Majesty seemed to be in a good mood, Concubine Li persuaded her aside.

"But to educate the local people, you can't always blindly be strict, and occasionally it should be supplemented by benevolence and generosity, after all, in the future, those local people are also naturalized as Han, if they only remember the tyranny of the Han King in their memory, will they be dissatisfied with the kings of the Han family in the future?"

"Concubine Li, you don't understand."

Shaking his head, Zhu Mingzhong said.

"One generation may remember this, but what about two or three generations later? As long as they follow the Chinese customs, speak Chinese, learn Sinology, and wear Han clothes, who will remember that they are natives in a hundred years? After continuous intermarriage and assimilation, everything will disappear into history, and even if it is occasionally recalled, it will be said that all this is just the price paid for national integration......"

The price of national integration......

Thinking of the thick irony hidden in this term in another time and space, Zhu Mingzhong sneered.

"All of this is for the long-term stability of Zhuxia's Han Dynasty, if you can't turn the soil into Han, Zhuxia will be turbulent in the future, and it will be worth it to pay for one or two generations in exchange for the long-term peace and stability of the world! Besides......"

Turning his head to look at Concubine Li, Zhu Mingzhong said with a smile.

"In the future, Concubine Li's son will also be feuded with the country, and when the time comes, you will know, the native people are treacherous, and they will never be tamed if they do not use an iron fist, and the governance of Zhuxia is for the stability of Zhuxia, for the sake of the Han Dynasty's country, what is a countryman, what is a savage, this treatment of the countryman should naturally be treated leniently, as for the savage, from time to time you must always use a big stick to teach a lesson, otherwise, they will not be obedient!"

His Majesty's words are not unreasonable to Concubine Li. However, for her, who grew up reading "At the beginning of man, nature is good", she still tends to treat the natives with a lenient attitude. Zhu Mingzhong, who knows that women are Taoists, and it is always difficult to have the kindness of women, still diverted the topic.

"However, Zhu Xia said that the country is to govern the people strictly, but its purpose is also to allow the people to be educated by our Chinese civilization and let them enjoy the changes that civilization brings to their lives."

"What Your Majesty said is very true, my Chinese civilization since the pre-Qin, both far ahead of Zhuyi, thousands of years, the surrounding Zhuyi have all benefited from it, and now Zhuxia is divided, and the local people who want to come to the local will definitely be blessed by the Chinese civilization, especially now I am the grace of Ming science."

Among these concubines, although Concubine Li is young, she is one of the few people who are very interested in science, so when it comes to science, she naturally looks full of interest.

"The truth is exactly this truth, as long as I am the scientific advocate of the Ming Dynasty, the people of the world will definitely be fascinated by my Ming Dynasty and take the initiative to accept the teachings of my Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Mingzhong has always been convinced of this, he believes that backward civilizations will take the initiative to learn and integrate into advanced civilizations, in order to enjoy the convenience brought by modern civilization, as long as the civilization of the Ming Dynasty has been in the lead, the natives of Nanyang will eventually willingly Sinicize, and eventually become Han people.

Now the Ming Dynasty is promoting the industrial revolution, will also promote all this, although now the Ming Dynasty in the scientific theory research, limited by the times still have many limitations, although under their own promotion, the industrial revolution with the steam engine as the core has been implemented for many years, but the theoretical shortcomings and bias, but it is also an unavoidable fact.

But this does not prevent the world's yearning for the Ming Dynasty caused by the scientific advocacy of the Ming Dynasty. The Celestial Empire is no longer just self-righteous, but a fact known to the world.

"Your Majesty, in fact, sometimes, the concubine thinks that if I sort out all those inventions of my majesty, it will definitely make my Ming's science and technology advance by leaps and bounds, just like the concubine saw the generator and electric light designed by His Majesty in the laboratory earlier, and the concubine thinks that Your Majesty might as well order someone to compile those inventions into a book, and then hand them over to the academy for them to study, so that they can also guide their inventions. In this way, maybe in a few years, then electric lights or something will be built. ”

Unlike other concubines, Concubine Li, who was born in a scholarly family, often went in and out of Zhu Mingzhong's laboratory, and naturally saw His Majesty's "wonderful ideas", so she proposed like this.

"When the time comes, people all over the world will definitely be fascinated by me."

"No, you can't do that."

Zhu Mingzhong hurriedly shook his head and denied.

"My ideas, of course, can make people take fewer detours, but there is no guarantee that they will not mislead future generations."

As an individual, Zhu Mingzhong is well aware that his knowledge is extremely limited, especially the theoretical basis for scientific development, so although he has made many "inventions", he often stays at the stage of "conception".

"That's what Your Majesty said."

Concubine Li said with a little frustration.

"But here's a reminder. I thought of a solution. It's better to use me to write a science fiction book. It may be just a story, but it will certainly expand people's horizons and imaginations, especially those of children and young people. ”

With a flash of inspiration in front of him, Zhu Mingzhong immediately thought of Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" and "Five Weeks in a Balloon", in which he depicted submarines that sailed on the bottom of the sea for a long time and balloons that could make people live for a long time all stimulated people's imagination.

Imagination can inspire people to explore and research, and what the Ming Dynasty of this era lacks is this kind of imagination based on science. Perhaps, those science fiction will prompt many teenagers to devote themselves to the yearning for the future world, and then take the initiative to engage in this research, and even they may guide some inventions through science fiction.

This is far more effective than stuffing some inventions directly into the academy and letting them copy them. They can get some revelation and then devote themselves to the research. Eventually, the "fantasy" may become a reality in the hands of a certain child.

"Your Majesty? Are you sure? Do you want to write? ”

Concubine Li's rhetorical question made Zhu Mingzhong smile.

"Why not? Anyway, being idle is also idle, maybe it can inspire future children to explore a broader world, and maybe even create some scientists, who knows? ”

Who can predict the future?

It may not be possible to predict the future, but Zhu Mingzhong believes that he can build a future world for people, stimulate the imagination of children and young people in this era, and let them take the initiative to explore the world of science......

Thinking of this, Zhu Mingzhong, who was a little excited, said to Concubine Li.

"Let's go, I'll go back to Zhongdu tomorrow, and I'll write two books!"

"Huh? Will you go back to Zhongdu tomorrow? ”

When Concubine Li heard this, she asked rhetorically.

"Your Majesty, aren't you going to go to the Gu family? Is it not going to be this time? ”